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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Connecticut Critics Circle Nominate Best Of Theater Season by Frank Rizzo

Winners To Be Named Next Week; Ceremony Open To Public June 10 At Long Wharf Theater Whew! There's a slew of nominations for The Connectocut Critics Circle Awards honoring the best of the…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:30AM
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Review: Doubling Down On Love in Hartford Stage's 'Twelfth Night' by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Twelfth Night" at Hartford Stage

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Shirley MacLaine's Daughter Sachi Parker Has Her Say by Frank Rizzo

New Haven Stage Show Based on Autobiography 'Lucky Me'People would often come up to Sachi Parker to say she must be so lucky to have such a wonderful mother, Oscar-winning actress Shirley Ma…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:36PM

Calling On Dr. Ruth About Her Play At TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

One-Woman Show Looks At Her Life As Holocaust Orphan, Israeli Sniper And Sex Counselor The doorbell of the apartment in a modest brick building in a quiet residential neighborhood in Washin…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:45PM

Three In Connecticut To Receive Governor's Arts Awards by Frank Rizzo

Eliizabeth Alexander, Jimmy Greene, Olu Oguibe

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:55PM
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Yale Crash Victim's Play Opens As Family Marks First Anniversary Of Her Death by Frank Rizzo

On the night before the first anniversary of the death of Marina Keegan, the 22-year-old writer who was killed in a car crash on Cape Cod days after graduating magna cum from Yale, her play …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:21PM
Monday, May 20, 2013

Nominations Announced For Connecticut High School Music Theater Awards by Frank Rizzo

Nominations are out for the annual Connecticut High School Music Theater Awards . Winners will be revealed at a ceremony at the Palace Theater in Waterbury on Tuesday, June 4. Tiony Award…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:46AM
Friday, May 17, 2013

Set Designer Creates Maze Magic For 'Twelfth Night' At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Alexander Dodge Creates Solid Settings But Under His Own Terms For set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:51PM
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Being Neighborly — And Not — In 'Clybourne Park' by Frank Rizzo

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play Gets Solid Connecticut Premiere ProductionEditor's note: This is a corrected version of this online review. Actress Alice Ripley was incorrectly named as Emily Sk…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:42PM
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013

Two World Premieres, Musical Slated For Long Wharf Season by Frank Rizzo

New Works by Athol Fugard, Heidi Screck PlannedWorld premieres by Athol Fugar d and Heidi Schreck , a revival of August Wilson ’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning “Fence…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:34PM
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Tallulah Bankhead Remembered At Ivoryton Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

The run of Matthew Lombardo's "Looped" starring Stefanie Powers as Tallulah Bankhead at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts this week prompted a letter from Henry E. …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:38PM

Kevin Gray Memorial Set For Monday In New York by Frank Rizzo

Hartt School Educator, Actor Died Earlier This Year

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:08PM

Jerry Adler, Harris Doran Return To Roles In Comedy "I'm Connecticut" by Frank Rizzo

"The Simpsons"'Mike Reiss Play Opens At Ivoryton Playhouse In JuneJerry Adler (Hesh in TV's "The Soprano,s" "Mad About You") and Harris Doran will reprise their roles in Mike Reiss ' rom…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:52AM
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

"Looped" Review: When "Darling" Isn't Enough by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Looped" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:30AM

Scenes of WASP Life in 'The Dining Room' At Westport by Frank Rizzo

The show: "The Dining Room" at Westport Country Playhouse

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Saturday, May 4, 2013

Review: Catastrophes of the Heart in 'In a Year With 13 Moons' by Frank Rizzo

World Premiere Of Stage Adapation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder Film At Yale RepThe show: "In a Year with 13 Moons" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, May 3, 2013

Review: 'Good News' Taps Goodspeed's Nostalgic Roots by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Good News" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Thursday, May 2, 2013

A Heart To Heart With Stefanie Powers Of 'Looped' by Frank Rizzo

Actress Plays Tallulah Bankhead In Odd Convergence Of Life And Art At The Bushnell "There are lots of decisions you make that, if you think twice, you won't do them," says Stefanie Powers.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:27PM
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic